<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:37:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gcsalter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Three Things I Learned From The National Honor Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[What NHS taught me about leadership and community I joined my high school's National Honor Society chapter in 2012 and served as the chapter's secretary for a year. I had a great time - I highly recommend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/school/@gcsalter/three-things-i-learned-from-the-national-honor-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/school/@gcsalter/three-things-i-learned-from-the-national-honor-society</guid><category><![CDATA[school]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:58:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9TzcUh97mdynxmbMbWgKApLJhAFcnBHG42nrK6gP6MToGjitPZg2JPi4armvN5f6XpNyKrEbvyJE2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Answers To Where Writers Get Their Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there's one question that writers (or entertainers in general) have gotten tired of hearing, it's "Where do you get your ideas?" or "where you get your inspiration?" Many writers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gcsalter/best-answers-to-where-writers-get-their-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gcsalter/best-answers-to-where-writers-get-their-ideas</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeU1YgG9RqwRsbRb6gm8zchZB7CNHe43LCudeBZg7H2BYtVykrsEDg5RvBdtgvGJs2iPjwwZ4i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Say Never Again Movie Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[A look at the most unusual Bond film ever made "Never Say Never Again" has an odd place in the Bond film series. It's the only Bond film to be a remake of a previous film. It's the only Bond]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jamesbond/@gcsalter/never-say-never-again-movie-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jamesbond/@gcsalter/never-say-never-again-movie-review</guid><category><![CDATA[jamesbond]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GDZbTTQHdp8a16Axm2owXMfghbU6ZAzvotsKtWT1S5TZWuELU7driEozbgc1qVWQjd6Wrio612MdmVVDd98tmxqq9fQepu4RPfhBgqQz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange Things You Get From the Library]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while back, I wrote a post about an odd object I found in a library book. Here's something that actually tops that. I ordered a particular book through my college library for research, it came in this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gcsalter/strange-things-you-get-from-the-library</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gcsalter/strange-things-you-get-from-the-library</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 03:19:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovrhaA9yccVbgJ5FSnjYmP2WKBWuZwwYeLP3boNFJbfPfTC1zTYGbvQdbStSTHVzrauAWAhUX5cTsA7o18ufLA3B4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 Ghost Stories for Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Victorian Britain, it was traditional to read a ghost story for Christmas - stories with a holiday theme like "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens or regular horror stories like "Lost]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gcsalter/6-ghost-stories-for-christmas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gcsalter/6-ghost-stories-for-christmas</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:59:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZSUQtscsBsFx5imG6WU3gSfePkK5Gond6i73AD7pncf6dXCzMFiMtujTHdp1rWZVLnVBEvgFLLzML5yez1wxpUfB8ewhSMuiuPvAXMmJVSmQrCGpM2oCWmLrKJ9CTBDV4NnMZknD2G4WUWuZoeUXZjBHcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things That May Get You through NaNoWriMo]]></title><description><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month) is an annual event where you take the month of November to write a story that’s 50,000 words long, the equivalent of a good-sized novel. This is a big task,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedy/@gcsalter/5-things-that-may-get-you-through-nanowrimo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedy/@gcsalter/5-things-that-may-get-you-through-nanowrimo</guid><category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:41:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New short film: Treasure Hunters (2018)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love watching old silent movies. So, I enjoyed working to with Robotic Flyers Productions to make the short film Treasure Hunters. In this short film, two people meet a stranger who appears to be on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@gcsalter/new-short-film-treasure-hunters-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@gcsalter/new-short-film-treasure-hunters-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:52:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 HP Lovecraft Stories to Read Over Halloween]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, I had the privilege of giving a talk about H.P Lovecraft and J.R.R. Tolkien at Taylor University. It turned out to be a success, and one person commented afterward that they really wanted to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gcsalter/6-hp-lovecraft-stories-to-read-over-halloween</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gcsalter/6-hp-lovecraft-stories-to-read-over-halloween</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What To Do When Your Plans Fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do you do when your plans fail? That’s a tough question, isn’t it? I had to deal with that question in 2017. I’d been in college for two years, enjoying my classes and building great friendships with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gcsalter/what-to-do-when-your-plans-fail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@gcsalter/what-to-do-when-your-plans-fail</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:01:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Miracleman Book 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you follow up on a classic? That’s essentially the problem Neil Gaiman faced when Alan Moore suggested he replace him as the writer for “Miracleman” in 1990. By that point, “Miracleman” had won]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-4</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Miracleman Book 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if Superman remade the world? That’s more or less the plot of Miracleman Book 3: Olympus. The last stories Moore wrote for the series, this volume shows him at his most poetic and his most obscene.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-3</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Miracleman Book 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume 2 of the Miracleman stories, The Red King Syndrome opens by showing the couple we met in the first batch of Miracleman stories Things have gotten quieter, and yet more difficult for them. Michael]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-2</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tall Tale TV audiobook "Mr. Ekwood's Unfortunate Summoning"]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while back, I mentioned a short story I wrote that got published as an audiobook by Tall Tale TV. Recently, I got another short story published as an audiobook. You can find it below: You can find some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/tall-tale-tv-audiobook-mr-ekwood-s-unfortunate-summoning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/tall-tale-tv-audiobook-mr-ekwood-s-unfortunate-summoning</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:57:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4hWPNVQSj4gK3tgC3Vzq4b9JQFtFp5vDNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Simple Prayer for Suffering Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you pray because you need help. Sometimes you pray to encourage others as well. I wrote this prayer recently for myself and some friends going through a tough time: Heavenly Father, You know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gcsalter/a-simple-prayer-for-suffering-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gcsalter/a-simple-prayer-for-suffering-friends</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:01:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birds in Mongolia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture taken during my trip through Mongolia, mentioned in my book "Sunrise Over Beijing". These birds were part of a tourist attraction I passed by. I have no idea what kind of birds they are,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/birds-in-mongolia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/birds-in-mongolia</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VQo3n4pRV2faSHuasw5x8HJdHHoiEY6Ad8kLZorEuYiPWmapyUxhbTn5piWYxwmFFYEVEWg1bHWVgz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Miracleman Book 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comic book writer Alan Moore is known for a lot of things. His graphic novel “The Killing Joke” is often considered the best Batman story about the Joker ever written. “Watchmen,” released in 1986, proved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@gcsalter/review-miracleman-book-1</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VQxJmCXLDcC7mv4CUdDb4SBbwMs7gDPKAM35GnYixzuBTUzy6XGLjCJF43vYq3ReVDbE4xRsmsovC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Altered Eclipse Images 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the 2017 eclipse, I took several pictures of it with a red filter in front of the lense. Then I altered the pictures in various ways. Here's a collage of several altered version of the same picture.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/altered-eclipse-images-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/altered-eclipse-images-1</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:53:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1Nq2RiS7M5hSTw9cVTU9mShMbdVzSBEZnhdqKQHL82un2y3ahEdWzYY7pJRdiBaBnH5bpbrnHP27nGJbg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor University Grounds 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Color image of Taylor University's grounds at night. 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You can find the short film]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/project-icarus-movie-poster</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@gcsalter/project-icarus-movie-poster</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gcsalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 03:42:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcTc6cKyVyR93FG2MRYJHqKsaVLZ5DNaq7zRzpm3fvB49ZiHqHU97WZuEvLLQGA7q3XowT66f5BQKUcbU6EDCiycZTVTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>